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Ridiculous Quotes by Thomas Paine
- The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the…
- Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the ages and generations which preceded it. The vanity…
- To believe that God created a plurality of worlds, at least as numerous as what we call stars, renders the Christian faith at once little…
- If men will permit themselves to think, as rational beings ought to think, nothing can appear more ridiculous and absurd, exclusive of all moral reflections,…
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- Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead. — Ambrose Bierce
- There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. — Napoleon Bonaparte
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